Barbara Boxer

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey broke with President Obama and his Democratic leadership and joined Republicans in supporting a challenge of the health care law mandate that required most employers to provide contraception.

Casey, who is pro-life and Catholic, was one of three Democrats to break ranks and vote against a procedural motion that would kill the Republican effort. U.S.Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, who announced her retirement this week, was the only Republican to join Democrats to table the amendment 51-48.

As the politically-charged debate raged on the Senate floor for days leading up to the vote, Casey stayed quiet, not revealing how he'd vote until he'd actually...

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